Carpe Diem Learning Design by Gilly Salmon
Carpe Diem is Gilly Salmon’s team-based approach to learning design. See the six steps and how to use them to build a Canvas module.
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Designing Task-Centred Learning with Merrill’s Principles
How to design a module that starts with a real-world task and moves through activation, demonstration, application and integration, with a Canvas walkthrough.
Introduction to Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction
A short introduction to Merrill’s five First Principles of Instruction, with practical ideas for applying them to a Canvas module.
Build Repeatable Canvas Pages With the Content Builder
The Content Builder takes the formatting effort out of the Canvas RCE. Here is how to use it to build recognisable page structures you…
Three Canvas Changes to Check Before Marking This Autumn
Three small changes in the latest Canvas notes touch your autumn routine: excusing group submissions, a crossed-out eye icon and a backup reminder. Here…
Why Canvas Feels Clunky and What a Gamified VLE Could Do Differently
Canvas is reliable, but its inconsistent page building, exposed modules page and bolted-on gamification limit what you can design. Here is where it falls…
WCAG 3 Is Still a Draft: What to Do in Your Canvas Course Now
WCAG 3 is a working draft open for review. This calm explainer covers what that means, what the W3C has and has not said,…
Tell Students Where They Stand on AI: An Assessment-by-Assessment Statement in Canvas
Students should never have to guess where they stand on AI. This post shows how to add a short, specific AI use statement to…
The Engagement Cycle and How to Use It
Students rarely disengage in the middle of a task. They drop away in the gaps. The Engagement Cycle gives you three stages and nine…
How to Build Canvas Item Banks and Why
What Canvas item banks are, why they save time and improve consistency, and how to build one and draw items from it in a…
